Suffering Bastard

The Suffering Bastard is light and tart but has a nice alcohol flavor -- especially at the end. I think the alcohol flavor comes from the gin. I made a handful of Suffering Bastards, and one made with a particularly grape-y cognac came out a bit sweeter and more fruity. Much of how good the drink is depends on the ginger beer. I prefer spicy ginger beer and anything too sweet would definitely muddy the other flavors in the drink.

Suffering Bastard

• 1/2 ounce lime juice
• 1/4 ounce demerara syrup
• 1 ounce gin
• 1 ounce brandy
• 3 dashes angostura
• 4 ounces ginger beer

Shake lime juice, demerara syrup, gin, brandy, and Angostura bitters over ice; pour into a double old fashioned glass; top with ginger beer.

h/t: Beachbum Berry Remixed via Smuggler's Cove